Xianyang Bridge

If you are looking for Tieshou, let's go, but don't lose Qi Shaoshang to me. "

More than half of the carriages scattered by Mingjiao were intercepted and killed on the first day. Tiqi captured a lot of people and couldn't ask anything. The people they sent were all dead soldiers, so they could only continue to chase down.However, the rest of the Mingjiao seemed to have made an appointment. The next day, they abandoned their cars and replaced their horses, or changed to other vehicles. The hidden traces continued to scatter. After Tong Guan learned about it, he became more and more sure that Mingjiao was doing a big thing by so suspiciously .

When he thought about this big event, there was nothing else but the money left by Fang's father and son in the Wannian Building, so he urged Gou Feng, "You can clean up the garden."

Gou Feng suggested to him, "Qing Yuan can't run away there, the lord has sent someone to inform Cai Jing, we might as well wait and see what the Grand Master will do next, if everything is as the lord thinks, Qing Yuan He should know the details better than us."

"Now that Zhuge Zheng and I have dispatched Iron Hands, if Cai Jing moves Qing Yuan again, then they..."

Gou Feng didn't say any more, Tong Guan was silent for a while, and patted him on the shoulder, "Then wait."

After receiving the news from Tie Shou, what Wuqing said was to wait. After Cai Jing suddenly surrounded the Qingyuan in the name of colluding with the Demon Sect on the third night, he said to Zhui Ming, "Go to the wind quickly!" Lingdu, see if Mingjiao really crosses the river from there."

Chasing his life and following his orders to the west, Ruthless and Cold-blooded went to Qingyuan, and saw the light of torches illuminating half of the sky two miles away.

Cai Jing mobilized the imperial army, Wu Qing did not let Leng Xue continue to move forward, the two watched from the outside, Wu Qing said, "There are still seven days."

Cold-blooded, "Is it too late to chase after my life?"

Wuqing tapped on the handrail lightly, shook his head and said, "It's too late, I let him go just to understand, as for the plan, it's already too late."

"Then... close the net in advance?" Leng Xue asked.

"I'm afraid it's too late to close the net now." Wuqing said, just as he finished speaking, there was a commotion from the direction of Qingyuan. The two looked over and saw the flames and smoke rising into the sky. Can destroy everything, cold-bloodedly supported his wheelchair and backed away, narrowed his eyes mercilessly and looked in the direction of the fire, "Fire flag? Five-element flag?"

Cold-blooded frowned, and said ruthlessly, "It's tricky, did the people from Liuhetang also go out of the city to find Tieshou?"

"Add more manpower to Iron Hands. Now that we have reached this point, there will be no more chaos. I hope that Gu Xichao will set up a situation where both sides are safe."

22

Chasing Tiqi all the way from Mangshan, crossing Luohe to Hengchuan without stopping, five days passed in a blink of an eye, Qi Shaoshang stopped, feeling something was wrong.

That's not how I searched. Ten days of searching like this is not enough. Qi Shaoshang shook his head at Tiqi's signal again. The place he was going to must be very important. If he chased southeast, he would have to cross the river. Jiangnan has long been Mingjiao abandoned ground, and all directions in this direction are suspicious soldiers.

It's not west, it's not Fenglingdu, it's not southeast, it's... north...

On the first day when Qi Shaoshang turned around and headed north, Gou Feng received the news and decisively withdrew all those who went west to chase after Tieshou. Compared with the car that Tieshou carefully guarded, he still believed in Qi Shaoshang's judgment.

That's right, how could Gu Xichao, who valued him so much, put him in danger? From the very beginning, he should have gone in the opposite direction to Qi Shaoshang.

……

On the day he left Qingyuan, Gu Xichao crossed the north and went west half a day later. He arrived at Yuntai Mountain on the first day, crossed the Qingtian River on the second day, arrived at Gaoping in the middle of the night, and arrived in Tanikou Village in the early morning.

This village was built on an ancient battlefield, and the weather was miserable all year round. There were not many families in the first place. For more than a year, the Mingjiao had been operating secretly around here, and they had already bought all the houses and installed their own people.

As soon as Gu Xichao and Xiao Qi entered the village, Lao Huang had led two old men to pick them up. Both of them were very tall, their hair was already graying, one of them had a broken arm, and the other was carrying a lantern, and he was on the ferry at Taojin. He Bo.

When Gu Xichao got off the car, He Bo stretched out his arm for him to support, and said, "Your journey is going smoothly, sir?"

"Fortunately," he said in a slightly tired voice, "Xiao Qi is exhausted, find a place for him to rest."

The two stopped being polite and hurriedly welcomed them into the house. Xiao Qi fell asleep on the kang without taking off her shoes.

Uncle He took off his shoes for him, found a thin quilt to cover him, and said, "Master Qi has really worked hard this journey."

Gu Xichao sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang table, holding the tea he had just poured in his hand, listening to the voice said, "Long time no see, Uncle He still likes to take care of people so much."

With a smile on his face, He Bo came down from the kang to cook, and said, "Long time no see, you have changed a lot."

"I've changed?" Gu Xichao asked curiously as the smell of fireworks came from the kitchen.

He Bosheng got on the fire and added water to the pot, "Compared to what I saw last time, the young master is much more angry. In the past, the old man looked at the young master as if he was made of ice and snow, but he didn't dare to talk like this."

Gu Xichao was a little startled, "Really."

Uncle He didn't hear it, so he hurriedly asked outside, "Did you recognize the old man on the boat later?"

Gu Xichao put down his tea, but before he could speak, the one-armed old man came in from outside and said, "My lord, the order has been passed down, and everyone will be here in two hours."

"Thank you Deng Banner." Gu Xichao said.

The old man smiled wryly, "The old man is already abolished, he is no longer a banner owner, and he can't afford to be called a son like that."

Gu Xi faced him, and said, "Banner Deng is always strong and strong. This time we set up an ambush here, and we have to rely on the banner owner to run. How can we be so arrogant. If we follow the banner owner's words, then I am also a useless person?"

The old man was tongue-tied for a moment, wondering if he had offended him, so Uncle He brought the cooked noodles and put them on the table, saying, "Young master, eat some while it's hot, and take a nap after eating, those brats can't make it so fast."

While crutching Deng Shifang with his elbow, "Old Deng, you idiot, if you can't speak, just say a few words."

Gu Xichao bowed his head and picked up the chopsticks, Uncle He quietly pulled Deng Shifang out, came in after a while and took away the bowls and chopsticks, seeing that he looked tired, he backed out lightly.

Gu Xichao fell asleep on the table for a while, was awakened by the sound of birdsong outside the window, looked up in a daze, and Uncle He came in and said, "My lord, the children are here."

He nodded, "Let's go, don't wake Xiaoqi up."

The highest place in Gukou Village is the Skull King Temple built in the Tang Dynasty. Gu Xichao followed Deng Shifang up the mountain, and there were more than 40 well-dressed teenagers standing in the open space in front of the temple. Deng Qi said, "These children have learned a little in the village. As for the art of the Five Elements, according to what Young Master said, I have taught you how to set up formations these days, Young Master will test and compare them first, keep those that can be used, and send those that can’t be used back to the mountain.”

Gu Xichao said, "Okay, please ask the banner master to call them over one by one, I will ask."

His expression was indifferent, yet extremely handsome, even though he was blindfolded, he still made people dare not look at him closely.The teenagers were a bit restrained when they were brought in front of him, and they stumbled when they spoke, but he didn't rush him, just waited quietly for the finish, and then pointed out the mistakes one by one.

It was already noon after the selection was completed, less than half of the teenagers stayed, He Bo took them to dinner, and Xiao Qi also woke up in the afternoon, Gu Xichao ordered Xiao Qi to take them to check their location first.

Gukou Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one road leading to the village. In the past, Jun Wu'an pitted and killed 40 Zhao troops here. There is a mountain called Toutou in the north of the village, and the Great Wall built by the Qin Army in the south, bypassing Qin. The base is Wandering Ridge. According to the local people, after passing Wandering Ridge, it is no longer a place in the world.

There were skulls all over the ground, bones filled the field, and broken arrows and remnants of soldiers can be seen everywhere among the grass and rocks. Although more than a thousand years have passed, the wandering spirits and ghosts have not dissipated.

In the valley surrounded by high mountains on three sides, there is fog all year round, so it is naturally a good place to arrange a killing array.

After confirming the location, Gu Xichao commanded Deng Shifang to lead the youngsters to form an array. There were many jackdaws in the valley. Every time Lao Huang flapped his wings, a flock of crows would startle up. It doesn't come back.

Three days later, the formation was completed, and Deng Shifang led people to dig a lot of traps in the valley, until Gu Xichao urged, "It's almost time, Banner Deng, take them back to the village."

Deng Shifang hesitated to speak, and couldn't help but said, "Young master stay alone..."

Gu Xichao said, "Don't worry, I just need to trap them for a day or two, and when the leader returns, none of them will be able to leave."

He left the capital ahead of time, not only to distract the enemy's attention and draw out all forces in the capital to reduce resistance to the assassination, but also to set up an ambush in the Skeleton King Temple and wipe out Ti Qi.

Tong Guan is the enemy of the Ming Cult, so why is Ti Qi? Now that those dead men should have told about the treasure in the Wannian Building in Gaoping, Ti Qi will definitely come here in full force. Not knowing that they themselves are the prey.

Seeing his insistence, Deng Shifang stopped persuading him, took off the sword at his waist, put it in his hand, and said, "Old Deng is a rough man who can't speak, this Longquan sword is the one I escaped from the south of the Yangtze River while protecting Xiao Qiye. , The leader gave it to me. The leader said that I only have one hand left, and I need a magic weapon for self-defense, so he gave it to me. Now I will lend it to the young master, and return it to me when the young master returns to the village in a few days. "

Gu Xichao understood his intentions, and accepted the way of the sword, "Deng Qizhu has a heart."

He said to Xiao Qi, "Xiao Qi, go see Deng Banner off."

As soon as Xiao Qi took a step forward, Gu Xichao slapped him from behind, and the young man limply fell into Deng Shifang's arms, Gu Xichao said, "Since Deng Banner brought Xiao Qi out of the south of the Yangtze River, this time it will be up to him Lord Deng Banner will take him back to the mountain."

Deng Shifang knew that he already had a war